Essays on historic and current anti-Semitism do an outstanding job of describing its chilling diversity. While the Holocaust was the worst crime of modern anti-Semitism, it was hardly alone. Libel, violence, and discrimination against... Read More

Essays try to uncover the hidden, evolutionary nature of human behavior. In Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind, author and amateur naturalist Maximilian Werner creates a memoir from a series of essays about his relationship with... Read More

First-time author writes with aplomb, possesses a keen perception of how love undoes a human heart. “I get it. Broken hearts mend and in six months I’ll see that we were never right for each other anyway. But this middle distance... Read More

Sumptuous illustrations are a look back in time, yet also an inspiration for the future. The temptress Bathsheba is the cover girl for Getty Publications’ "Gardens of the Renaissance", standing calmly naked with gleaming gold tresses... Read More

In a recent New York Times opinion column, “Need a Job? Invent It,” Thomas Friedman writes, “My generation had it easy. We got to “find” a job. But, more than ever, our kids will have to “invent” a job.” Statistics of... Read More

Murder and espionage set the stage for amateur sleuths in the debut mystery, "Restrike". Coleman and Dinah are equally enamored of art, and both choose to move from North Carolina to New York to pursue careers in the art world. Coleman... Read More

Teenage angst and sibling rivalry are excellent additions to this graphic novel’s hero journey. "New School" is the latest graphic novel from Dash Shaw, the creator of BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. Like its predecessors, "New... Read More